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Taming the Turkey-Day Debate: 7 Steps to Calm Holiday Conversations
“They put subliminal voting messages in the football commercials, you know." — Your crazy uncle.
Addison Collingsworth
November 15, 2024
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If you’ve turned on a digital device or stepped into a store recently, you know two things are dominating public consciousness: political fervor and holiday shopping. If it wasn’t a flood of texts, emails, commercials, and political mailers, it was a wave of Christmas décor that barely waited for Halloween’s ghost to settle. And somewhere in the background, Thanksgiving quietly waves, taking up half a shelf of neglected seasonal items at your local Target.
This odd cocktail of holiday warmth mixed with relentless political anxiety has created a potent mental brew for many. You’d be forgiven for wondering if you've developed a new form of seasonal bipolar disorder in response.
And if you’ve somehow escaped all this digital and retail chaos? Don’t worry! You’ll get to experience all the gory details and rehashed political debates over this year's Thanksgiving dinner while feeling too stuffed to move. Oh, and if that wasn’t enough, Christmas will be right around the corner to serve it all up again, second-helpings-style.
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